education level? I hearn on Fox that on average military folks are better educated than civilians.
2006-11-01 10:20:16 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Viet Nam 1968-69
BA Degree in Electronics
John Kerry's comments are absolutely off the chart - if he misread the "joke," and it was intended for Bush and not the troops (unlikely, given his history of military bashing) - it only serves to really show just how stupid he is, since Bush scored higher grades at Yale than he did - and he ended up in Viet Nam - go figure??
2006-11-01 10:27:59 · answer #1 · answered by LeAnne 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
US Army 1991-1996, year and a half of college. I was an air traffic controller. Held several FAA ratings and different airfields. In training in the Army's ATC school if you got one second chance if you didnt pass a section. If you didnt get it the second time you were reclassified to another job. The FAA 's Air Traffic Control school has a wash out rate as high as 50%. Funny thing is that as an enlisted person in the military we told officers (pilots) what to do and where to go. One of the very few jobs in the service that can do that. Also almost all commisioned officers have degrees these days. And as for the guy who said that jobs in the military dont mean anything in the civilian world...no body told you to sign up as an infantryman. You could have gone into the medical field, aviation, diesel mechanic, truck driver and I'm sure there is many I'm not thinking of. Most of these start at about 40,000 per year and go up. An FAA air traffic controller pays about $120,000 per year and they cant hire enough right now. I guess you picked the wrong MOS, so dont group the rest of us in with you.
2006-11-01 11:12:05 · answer #2 · answered by e260aaw 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what the average education level is for the military, but I know most of us either have an associate degree, working on college right now, or are just waiting to get out and use our GI bill to pay for college. Officer side, they have to have some college to be an officer, a lot of the enlisted don't have any college coming in, but take advantage of college benefits earned through their service either while serving or when they get out.
2006-11-01 12:04:31 · answer #3 · answered by sweets 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am currently serving In Iraq with the 25th Infatry Division. I am a high school gradute and also a journeyman IronWorker. I had to complete three years of education and on the job training to become an IronWorker. It's also a good point that a lot of military personell attend military schools. These schools can be your traditional type like intel and communication classes or non-traditional like Ranger or Airborne(Paratrooper) schools.
2006-11-01 10:49:41 · answer #4 · answered by jeff k 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I currently serve in the military. I have a BS, and a law degree from Northwestern University School of Law ( a top 10 law school) so I would say that Mr. Kerry is wrong. He should have gotten better than Ds when he was in college.
2006-11-01 11:12:00 · answer #5 · answered by 13BangBang 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My husband is enlisted AF and is three classes short of his Bachelor's in Business, and already has a second associates to put toward another Bachelor's in Communications.
My father in law was AF and has a BS and Masters degree. My BIL has an associates and is working on a bachelors, my father was in and got his BS, my BIL is reserve and is about to finish his BS in Criminal Justice. My FIL started off enlisted and earned a commission with his degrees. In a year and a half, my husband plans to do the same. My BIL also plans to join active duty at commissioned with his degree.
So, for people like Kerry, they are sorely mistaken about how "under educated" our troops are.
2006-11-01 11:09:23 · answer #6 · answered by Sativa 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Honestly no, civilians are more educated then military people cause the military will train you for your military job but when you get out that job means nothing in the civilian world. Good example me i was in the military for 4 years and got out and can only get stupid jobs that pay between 10 to 13$ AN HOUR cause i dont have a degree on anything but can always do law enforcement
2006-11-01 10:58:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
ARMY active and reserve 1982-1990
The determining factor in my joining as an active was how much college bonus money I could get when I got out, but I joined the Reserves because it was the right thing to do.
My ARMY college fund paid for all expenses of the first two years of my BS degree. I worked FT & PT and used federal grants to finish the degree.
2006-11-01 10:38:10 · answer #8 · answered by webneck 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I served in the Marine Corps from 1977-1981. I have an associates degree and then some.
2006-11-01 10:23:18 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Was in Marines, was in gulf war 1, have an associates. Actually it has been know for a while that people in the military are intelligent and infantry is the most intelligent of all the MOS's with highest ASVABs and IQs.
2006-11-01 10:25:49 · answer #10 · answered by JFra472449 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋